Why was there an ô in Enrique Dupuy de Lôme's name? The letter ô isn't used in Spanish.

by KeelOfTheBrokenSkull
kimon1230

Because his family was originally French that established itself in Valencia in the early 1800s.

brandonsmash

While he was born in Spain, de Lôme was of French parentage. Though "Enrique" is a name that gives testament to his Spanish origins, "Dupuy" is French (du Puy, referring to a Le Puy-en-Velay, a commune in the region of Auvergne).

de Lôme's surname follows the Francophone tradition of his parents and not the nomenclature of their adoptive home.

https://loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/dupuy.html